Posted 22 December 2011

PlayStation Vita AR Cards Bundled Free At Launch

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With the PlayStation Vita launch in Japan last weekend and the PAL launch in February next year we hope your anticipation levels are building nicely.

Today we’re happy to bring you a couple of pieces of PS Vita news, starting with confirmation that your PlayStation Vita will come bundled with six AR Play Cards and a voucher code to download three AR games, all for free. Those games are called Table Football Cliff Diving and Fireworks. Augmented Reality is going to be a big part of the new gaming experiences PS Vita has to offer and you can get an idea of how in this video we shot for Inside Vita:

In other news, we can confirm that the recommended retail prices (RRP) for PS Vita game cards, that’s boxed copies of games that you buy from physical retailers. We have a fantastic line-up for launch available at a range of prices between €29.99 for exciting new IP’s that utilise the unique feature set of PS Vita and €49.99 to experience your favourite blockbuster PlayStation games in a brand new way.

Here’s how that breaks down:

Uncharted: Golden Abyss – €49.99/£44.99/$69.95 AUD/$89.95 NZD

ModNation Racers: Road Trip – €39.99/£34.99/$54.95 AUD/$69.95 NZD

Everybody’s Golf – €39.99/£34.99/$54.95 AUD/$69.95 NZD

WipEout 2048 – €39.99/£34.99/$54.95 AUD/$69.95 NZD

Unit 13 – €39.99/£34.99/$54.95 AUD/$69.95 NZD

Little Deviants – €29.99/£24.99/$39.95 AUD/$54.95 NZD

Reality Fighters – €29.99/£24.99/$39.95 AUD/$54.95 NZD

PS Vita memory cards are available in three sizes and will be priced at the following:

4Gb Memory Card – €19.99/£17.99/$26.95 AUD/$34.95 NZD

8Gb Memory Card – €34.99/£31.99/$44.95 AUD/$59.95 NZD

16Gb Memory Card – €49.99/£44.99/$64.95 AUD/$84.95 NZD

And here are the peripherals that will be available at launch:

AC adaptor – €9.99/£8.99/$12.95 AUD/$16.95 NZD

Portable charger – €49.99/£44.99/$64.95 AUD/$84.95 NZD

USB cable – €9.99/£8.99/$12.95 AUD/$16.95 NZD

In-ear headset – €19.99/£17.99/$26.95 AUD/$34.95 NZD

Starter kit – €24.99/ £21.99/$34.95 AUD/$44.95 NZD

Travel kit – €29.99/ £25.99/$39.95 AUD/$49.95 NZD

That’s all for now! Stay tuned to PlayStation.Blog for more PlayStation Vita news and, for the best way to keep up to date sign up for Inside Vita and let the news come to you.

Our aim for PS Vita was to offer a fantastic line up of games for launch and give you as much choice as possible. We think we have an amazing line-up of titles for launch at a range of competitive prices

The RRP in Europe of the PS Vita Memory Cards includes all sales tax and any other local taxes that are incurred. In the US, the prices given do not include the local sales tax, which in most cases put the prices in line with each other.

On the cases we have a great range of providers that will be bringing PS Vita cases out at launch.

Until I see some prices of bundles packs I’m not sure if I will be preordering it. The memory cards cost far too much, you want us to buy games on psn but charge a fortune for the memory cards to store them on it makes no sense.

For those of you looking for a complete solution, a Starter Kit will be available for $39.99 (MSRP), which includes a 4GB Memory Card, Pocket Pouch, Protective Film, Card Case, Headphones, and Cleaning Cloth. Standalone Memory Cards will start at $19.99 (MSRP), providing plenty of options for storing games and save data, videos, music, photos and more.

1. Is PS+ going to be on Vita or any plans for it?2. Is the in-ear headset same as the pre-order bonus?3. What’s in the starter kit?4. Are the pre-order/launch bonuses for every single PS Vita owner who pre-orders it as none of the retailers are advertising these bonuses.5. Why are the memory cards so high in price?

Could you please answer as many as you can, thanks. Merry Christmas. :)

I have to say I am stoked for the vita, but I want a 32gb card and I am REALLY pleased I got uncharted pre ordered for £28. The £45 rrp is £10 more than I have paid for ANY PS3 game since I joined the party a few years ago.

Have to assume that 32gb cards are supply constrained since they sold out in Japan hence no UK launch. Sucks that once again the EU gets stiffed despite being stronger than any other region.

And what of digital games being discounted like in Japan? Many are between £4 and £8 off the rrp. Not that that would be enough to sell me uncharted at that rrp. £30 I am happy to pay and we are fortunate that most UK retailers completely ignore these rrp.

I have a vita now I was hoping to get a 32gb card in the uk but now seeing no uk release I have £300 ready for all digital downloads as the vita is great it stores all installs can’t sony launch a site direct from them for Color vitas ps3 consoles ect I think it would be a great marketing experience as I’m sure you would want customers with exclusive Sony products for themselves.

who could get hyped about the Vita very low battery life and it seems 2 have massive problems at japan launch touch screen sometimes not responding, it seems 2 freeze a lot. 1 account,can´t play ps1 and other archive games at launch and if what i read was correctl it won´t even play some psp games.

Slightly over priced, but thats par for the course. What do we expect.

A couple of questions. Can memory cards bought in the US (i.e., the 32GB cards)be used in EU Vita’s? And these AR cards, can users make there own if a template was provided? All you’d need is white paper and a black marker right?

@aaronwalkeruk Most likely, but the yen is quite strong. Well, I just checked to be sure: it’s marginally cheaper in Japan. Freight will probably be a little more? I guess it will end up roughly the same.

After getting the Vita and 16gb card, it will be awhile before I can afford to buy games. I had planned on buying only DD games.

But seeing the price of boxed games, (Uncharted: Golden Abyss – £44.99), along with the usual markup the PSN equivalent gets, it’s going to be a cold day in hell before I can get games on their release date